falsifying

present participle of falsify
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Recent Examples of falsifying His quest for revenge plays with well with his political supporters, who believe he was wrongly targeted by the Biden administration and other Democrats, resulting in his 2024 conviction by a New York jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Michael Collins, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 The next detective retired a few years later while under investigation for discrimination, harrassment and falsifying information during a homicide investigation. Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025 One man sued to get his money back and accused the company of falsifying immigration paperwork. Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 Amiri was acquitted of conspiracy last March, but convicted of illegally siccing his dog on an Antioch man and falsifying details to cover it up. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 According to the Hillsborough North Superior Court docket seen by Fox News Digital, Dreckmann, 53, pleaded guilty to falsifying physical evidence and reckless conduct. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Yergan Jones, 63, president of an audiovisual company, pleaded guilty to conspiring with the Gatlin by falsifying dozens of invoices for purported fundraising events between 2019 and 2024. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 McBee pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for unauthorized federal crop insurance benefits in November 2024 after waiving his right to a grand jury. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025 Yang was terminated from Milwaukee Tool three days earlier after the company learned Yang had been falsifying records by creating work orders for the delivery of Milwaukee Tool products. Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsifying
Verb
  • At a forum held in July 2017, parents directed their frustrations at Eric Dill, SDUHSD’s superintendent at the time, several saying Adams should have been fired for misleading them and misrepresenting the condition of the Earl Warren ATP facilities.
    Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Then later, after Flores had died, the litigation accuses Freedman of publicly defending himself by betraying attorney-client confidences and misrepresenting the merits of Flores’ own case in the media.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Michaels took to her Instagram days after the release of Fit for TV to post a series of screenshots of text chains, email threads, and other pieces of documentation refuting or otherwise complicating each claim leveled at her.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Health experts and medical organizations are refuting claims of a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism.
    Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other factors may also be distorting reports of public support for political violence.
    Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Still, another way to view it is that AI is the latest tool in humanity’s long history of shaping and distorting narratives.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Court appears poised to extend this reasoning further, potentially overturning , which has protected independent agency officials from at-will removal for nearly ninety years.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • According to an arrest citation, Gray, who was seen nearly overturning his vehicle several times, had a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit.
    Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Falsifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsifying. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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